New books from the French publishing house Chose Commune

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(1) Florence Cuschieri: La Ronde des hirondelles

Moving through suspended landscapes, Florence Cuschieri encounters the wandering exiles. In the forests of the Alps, they inscribe their trajectory. Florence Cuschieri captures these traveled paths, where tangible wandering dissolves into the silence of the surroundings. The mountain, the forest, the fir trees — each becomes a vessel cradling vulnerable exiled bodies who have found refuge at Chez Marcel, a self-managed space in the French Hautes-Alpes near Briançon.

La Ronde des hirondelles won the 10th edition of the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles in 2024. Publisher’s Info

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© Florence Cuschieri / Chose Commune
Florence Cuschieri - La Ronde des hirondelles - Bilderwald Blog
© Florence Cuschieri / Chose Commune

About The Artist

Florence Cuschieri is a Franco-Maltese visual artist and author. Through a multidisciplinary practice combining photography, text, archives, installation, and oral storytelling, she explores the deep connections between memory and forgetting, identity and exile, the personal and the political. Inspired by her Maltese roots and fragments of «forgotten stories»—often personal and familial—she gives voice to marginalized narratives and examines social fractures through a documentary and poetic approach.

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Florence Cuschieri - La Ronde des hirondelles - Bilderwald Blog
© Florence Cuschieri / Chose Commune

Specifics

Florence Cuschieri: La Ronde des hirondelles (Chose Commune, 2025) | Editing and sequencing: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi Design: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi, in collaboration with Perrine Serre | 172 pages | 82 plates | 23.5 x 30 cm | Section-sewn softcover with open spine | French / English / Arabic. Link.

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(2) Taemin Ha: süü

Like a joyful window opened onto the rural life of Mongolian nomads, Taemin Ha’s photographs tell, above all, the story of an encounter. After spending several months with a family on the Mongolian plains, he captures the rhythms of their communal daily life. Portraits of children unfold through the seasons: sovereigns of these vast rural landscapes, they embody a profound sense of freedom, intimately connected to nature and the animals around them.

In dialogue with these photographs, poems by Erdenesolongo Batchuluun and Byambajav Gombojav — two Mongolian poets — are woven throughout the book.

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Taemin Ha - süü - Bilderwald Blog
© Taemin Ha / Chose Commune

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© Taemin Ha / Chose Commune

About The Artist

Taemin Ha (born in 1995 in Gunsan) is a South Korean photographer based in Seoul. His practice focuses on the nuanced portrayal of individuals and communities he has engaged with, capturing the multifaceted nature of his subjects and their intimate moments. His work has been featured in various publications and media.

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© Taemin Ha / Chose Commune
Taemin Ha - süü - Bilderwald Blog
© Taemin Ha / Chose Commune

Specifics

Taemin Ha: süü (Chose Commune, 2025) | Editing and sequencing: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi | Poems: Erdenesolongo Batchuluun and Byambajav Gombojav | Design: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi, in collaboration with Perrine Serre | 80 pages | 38 plates | 30 x 24,5 cm | French / English / Mongolian. Link.

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